Lesson Objective: To analyse the poem using key linguistic terms KEY WORDS: Colloquial – informal and chatty Dialect – words specific to a place Modal verb – verb which shows degrees of possibility Text 4 – Grandpa’s Soup Lesson Objective: To analyse the poem using key linguistic terms

Dialect Specific words which are particular to a place. Do you know any examples of DIALECT?? Why do writers use DIALECT?

Food as a memory of a person The poem Grandpa’s soup is reflective and nostalgic in TONE. The narrator recalls her grandpa’s soup with fond memories. The TONE changes as she realises that he must have known when she was little that his soup would remind her of him after his death.

Tasks Find and annotate the following techniques in the poem: Scottish dialect Structural repetition Interrogative sentences Metaphor Simile Superlative adjective

Narrative Technique The narrator switches from a child-like narrative to a more adult, reflective narrative, and then goes back to child-like. Find the switch What is particular about the poet’s word choices and style to make it a convincing child-like perspective? How has the writer’s choice of words created a more reflective tone in the second stanza?

Attitudes and Values Mini essay response. From this poem and one of the other texts we have read so far answer this question: In what ways does the writer convey their feelings about food to the reader? Lexis Grammar Structure